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DVD not reading some
Name: kwebb Date: December 8, 2005 at 08:24:49 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: celeron/248
Comment:
I have a Dell laptop Inspiron 2200 with a NEC DVD+-RW ND6500A that will not read DVD's that were burnt on other DVD +RW wha t gives, does anyone know? I've updated firmware, others were burnt with Nero software.
Name: XpUser Date: December 8, 2005 at 08:28:19 Pacific
Reply:
Apart from not being able to read DVD-RW burned on other PCs can this machine read any other discs such as Windows XP, software installation CD, and burned DVD (not DVD-RWs)?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: kwebb Date: December 8, 2005 at 08:35:00 Pacific
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XPUser, Yes it reads cd's, and the other dvd's were not on RW's just writables, I have burnt a movie on it and it doesn't recognize it as a movie, while it will recognize a store bought movie.
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Response Number 3
Name: kwebb Date: December 8, 2005 at 08:39:17 Pacific
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also when I put the dvd in the player it sees it as a blank cd not even a dvd.
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Response Number 4
Name: Greg Date: December 31, 2005 at 09:47:40 Pacific
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I've had exactly the same problem with the drive (NEC 6500a) on my inspiron 2200.. ironbically it was a replacement for a sony drive that did not work at all. Dell had no useful ideas to solve the problem... so I've given up and only use CDs and DVDs on another machine.
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